Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.
Asa Butterfield Hugo Cabret
Ben Kingsley Georges Méliès
Chloë Grace Moretz Isabelle
Sacha Baron Cohen Station Inspector
Ray Winstone Uncle Claude
Emily Mortimer Lisette
Christopher Lee Monsieur Labisse
Helen McCrory Mama Jeanne
Michael Stuhlbarg René Tabard
Frances de la Tour Madame Emilie
Richard Griffiths Monsieur Frick
Jude Law Hugo's Father
Kevin Eldon Policeman
Gulliver McGrath Young Tabard
Shaun Aylward Street Kid
Emil Lager Django Reinhardt
Angus Barnett Theatre Manager
Edmund Kingsley Camera Technician
Max Wrottesley Train Engineer
Marco Aponte Train Engineer Assistant
Ilona Cheshire Café Waitress
Francesca Scorsese Child at Café
Emily Surgent Child at Café
Lily Carlson Child at Café
Frederick Warder Arabian Knight
Christos Lawton Arabian Knight
Tomos James Arabian Knight
Ed Sanders Young Tabard's Brother
Terence Frisch Circus Barker
Max Cane Circus Barker
Frank Bourke Gendarme
Stephen Box Gendarme
Ben Addis Salvador Dali
Robert Gill James Joyce
Graham Curry Railway Porteur 71 (uncredited)
Eric Haldezos Policeman (uncredited)
Hugo Malpeyre Theater Guest (uncredited)
Gino Picciano Worker (uncredited)
Michael Pitt Projectionist (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese Photographer (uncredited)
Brian Selznick Party Guest (uncredited)
Catherine Balavage Girl in Cafe (uncredited)